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Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine
Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Florida, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of St. Augustine (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Augustini) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church, located in the northeastern section of Florida in the United States. It includes the cities of St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and Gainesville.
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Diocese of St. Augustine Dioecesis Sancti Augustini Diócesis de San Agustín | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Province of Miami |
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Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 2,330,405 153,041 (4.5%) |
Parishes | 54 |
Schools | 29 |
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Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | March 11, 1870 |
Cathedral | Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine |
Patron saint | St. Augustine |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Erik T. Pohlmeier |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Wenski |
Bishops emeritus | Felipe de Jesús Estévez |
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The Diocese of St. Augustine is a suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical Province of Miami, covering much of North Florida. The bishop's seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. As of 2023, the current bishop is Erik T. Pohlmeier.
On March 11, 1870, the Vatican erected the Diocese of St. Augustine. It covered most of the Florida peninsula until the 1950s, when Florida's expanding population necessitated the creation of new dioceses.